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:: Volume 13, Issue 2 (Summer 2016) ::
Sci J Iran Blood Transfus Organ 2016, 13(2): 89-97 Back to browse issues page
A Comparative Study of the Role of Life Style and Identity Style and belief system in Donating Blood in Nolunteers and Non-volunteers in Yazd
Z. Ahmadi Ardakani , M. Soltani , M. Imani Moghaddam
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Abstract

Background and Objectives

Regarding to the high rate of accidents, events and different diseases which double the demand of blood donation, spreading the culture of blood donation is very important. For this reason, having knowledge of factors that play roles in blood donation is very important.

Materials and Methods

For this descriptive study, three questionnaires including life style, identity style and belief system questionnaires have been used at random sampling of 90 blood donation volunteers and 90 non-volunteer ones. A T-test and SPSS 21 for independent groups have been used for data analysis.

Results

The results of the study showed a mean of 345.71 and 322.36 and a standard deviation of 37.343 and 33.958 (p < 0.05) for the life style of voluntary and non-voluntary blood donors, respectively. The findings of the present research also revealed that the means of informational identity and diffused-avoiding identity styles for voluntary and non-voluntary blood donors were 41.38 and 37.46 for the former, and 34.13 and 29.14 for the latter, respectively. Moreover, the related standard deviations in the two stated groups were 7.400, 6.110, 6.595, and 6.090 (p < 0.05). Finally, the mean scores for the belief systems in voluntary and non-voluntary ones were calculated as 38.20 and 35.87 with the standard deviations of 6.054 and 5.0773, respectively (p < 0.05).

Conclusions

Based on the findings of the present study, it is important to know about the effective factors encouraging voluntary blood donation.

Keywords: Key words: Life Style, Beliefs, Blood Donors
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Blood donation
Published: 2016/06/14
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Ahmadi Ardakani Z, Soltani M, Imani Moghaddam M. A Comparative Study of the Role of Life Style and Identity Style and belief system in Donating Blood in Nolunteers and Non-volunteers in Yazd. Sci J Iran Blood Transfus Organ 2016; 13 (2) :89-97
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